Examiner Joshua L. Pritchett
Examiner Joshua L. Pritchett appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 18 years (2009-2026)
- Phone
- (571) 272-2318
- Predicted Supervisor
- Stephone Allen
- Supervisor Phone
- (571) 272-2434
- Tech Center
- 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
- Group
- 2870 - Optics / Photocopying
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 56
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 56
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- March 2026 (0 months ago)
- Art Units Seen
- 2872
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 102 | 63.5% | 1.70 |
| Group | 346 | 63.2% | 1.71 |
| Tech Center | 2,370 | 64.7% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,116 | 54.8% | 1.98 |
Grant Timeline
Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.
| Year | Applications | Granted | Grant Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| No observed data before 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 28 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data for 2012. | |||
| 2013 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data for 2014. | |||
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data for 2017-2022. | |||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data for 2024-2025. | |||
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 82.1% | 3.6% |
| 2 | 28 | 0.0% | 10.7% | 85.7% | 3.6% |
| 3 | 12 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| 4 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |